About Lifetime Cap There are many types of mortgages available for the borrower’s disposal. One such mortgage is an adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) where the interest on the mortgage is not fixed. Even though the interest rate is variable, there is a limit to which the interest rate is charged to the borrower. In this post, we will understand what is a lifetime cap on an ARM and how does it work. What is a Lifetime Cap? A lifetime cap is a limit set on the interest rate for an adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM). Usually, an ARM mortgage has a fixed interest rate for the initial few years decided in the term and then adjusted according to the market rate index once the fixed period is over. When the interest rate is adjusting to the market, it always adjusts to the rate higher than the current market index for your loan product. The lifetime cap helps the borrower to set a maximum limit to which an ARM could be adjusted. This protects the borrower from paying higher interes...
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